Meanings (ES + gloss)
lento • lerdo
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake,…
a slow train; a slow computer
caído de la cama • caído de la esfera • caído de la hamaca • caído de la mata • caído del catre • caído del níspero • caído del palto • caído del zarzo • lerdo • no tener dos dedos de frente • tardo • tardón • zote
Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
Experienced classroom teachers are well acquainted with the attention-seeker, the shy girl, the aggressive boy, the poor concentrator, the slow student […]
Hey, don't yell at Homer, just because he's a little slow.
atrasado
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
That clock is slow.
Phrases
SlomanSlowarisdigital slow motiondog slowgo-slowhyperslowinfraslowlow and slowoverslowslo-moslofieslothslow TVslow and steady wins the raceslow as Christmasslow as a snailslow as molassesslow as molasses in Januaryslow as tarslow ballslow bellyslow bowlerslow burnslow burnerslow but sure wins the raceslow clapslow contactslow cookerslow danceslow earthquakeslow fashionslow foodslow headslow jamslow laneslow lemurslow lightslow lorisslow marchslow match
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enlentecer • frenar • lentificar • ralentizar
To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
slow the process
lentificarse • ralentizarse
To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew t…